The award is given to an individual who has demonstrated themselves to be a motivated thinker and a leader at a young stage in their academic career. Dr. Nagel will present a plenary at the RSA meeting the year following receipt of the award.

Dr. Nagel's research focuses on adolescent brain and cognitive development in healthy and at-risk populations. Her recent work has focused on understanding the development of executive, emotional, and reward-based systems in the brain and how perturbations to these systems may result in a heightened vulnerability for psychopathology, including alcohol abuse, during the adolescent years.